Certifying is all
Sigh.
No it isn’t. Legally it is, yes, but in this case it’s because the law is deeply fucked up. For a woman facing a naked man in her changing room it is not “a different situation.”
Male host at 3:15: “Someone who is self-certified as being a woman, you say that person cannot go into a women’s prison, is that what you said?”
Jardine, eyes turned up to the ceiling in irritation: “I said, someone who has transitioned, who has a certificate -“
Male host: “What does that mean?” Jardine: “Can you let me finish please?” Male host yields. Jardine continues: “Someone who has transitioned, who is, who is a woman legally, has been um certified as a woman not by me but by those who are certifying can go into a women’s prison -“
Female host tries to ask what that means and there’s a torrent of talking over each other again.
Anyway, tragically, we know what that means. It means what it appears to mean. As long as the People Who Are Certifying have done their Certifying, then a man gets to pretend to be a woman and thrust himself into places that are reserved for women as much as he likes and the women can’t do a god damn thing about it. The fact that it’s ludicrous to claim that “certifying” can transform men into women is beside the point, aka shut up, bitches.
Do not question the gender commissars. You can’t tell whether someone is a man or a woman, because you lack their special education, training, and insight. We just rely on their expertise in all such questions.
(Never mind that this calls into question the entire concept of gender identity, because if gender Identity is internal and innate and infallible, then it bypasses the commissars. Whoops.)
“As long as the Emperor has a legal certificate declaring that he is wearing clothes, he is clothed.”
She’s my MP! I normally vote for her, as she has the best chance of beating the SNP, but now the SNP has fallen well behind in the polls, I can vote for someone else – not that Labour is any better on this issue, and no way will I vote Tory. She should take note that the SNP’s unpopularity is partly caused by the trans issue. Sturgeon is now saying it is why she resigned as First Minister, because of the abuse she received over it. Other politicians, take note.
I know how that is. My Congress person (as opposed to Senator) is Pramila Jayapal, who is all in on the trans issue.